By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Subscribers of Apple TV+ could get a lot more choice of what to watch, with Apple allegedly in talks to license more Hollywood films for the service.A selection of movies licensed to Apple TV+ earlier in 2024.In March, Apple TV+ made available a selection of 51 classic movies for subscribers to watch for free. Following the experiment, Apple seems keen to add many more choices to its catalog.Apple is reportedly in talks with major Hollywood studios to try and license more content for its streaming services, people familiar with the talks told Bloomberg on Thursday. It has allegedly spoken to several major players about the possibility of acquiring more movies from their libraries to add to the service. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Christine McKee) In an unexpected move, Amazon has extended numerous Prime Day Apple deals on AirPods, iPads, Apple Watch — and even Mac. Plus, grab the lowest price ever on the new Apple Pencil Pro — beating yesterday’s Prime Day deal.Prime Day deals on Apple have been extended.Amazon has extended dozens of Prime Day deals this Thursday, with AirPods, iPads and Apple Watch still available at the lowest prices of the year. Below are top picks. Continue Reading on AppleInsider
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) The Steve Jobs Archive has released a fascinating video of a 28-year-old Jobs explaining computers to a skeptical crowd in 1983.Steve Jobs one year after his Aspen talk, posing here with the original MacintoshThe Steve Jobs Archive was launched in 2022 by Laurene Powell Jobs, Tim Cook, and Jony Ive. From that start, it has aimed to be “an authoritative home for Steve’s story,” and include video, audio, and text resources about Apple’s co-founder.It’s now released “The Objects of Our Life,” a very rare 55-minute video from 1983 that shows a young Steve Jobs making one of his first major speeches. As Jony Ive says in his introduction, this was from the early days of Apple, yet Jobs was predicting the future that he would go on to help create. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Christine McKee) The best-selling 14-inch MacBook Pro M3 with 16GB RAM and a 512GB SSD is $250 off today only.Equipped with Apple’s M3 chip, the 14-inch MacBook Pro has bump up to 16GB unified memory to aid in running apps and loading files.Normally $1,799, AppleInsider readers can exclusively save $250 on the upgraded notebook in Space Gray with promo code APINSIDER at Apple Authorized Reseller Adorama. And if you’re looking to protect your investment, the same APINSIDER coupon also discounts three years of AppleCare by $50, bringing the price down to $229.Use code APINSIDER Continue Reading on AppleInsider
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) According to an Apple VP in a new interview, Apple’s strategy for Apple Music and Beats products, like the Beats Pill, is to be the quality option for fans.Beats Pill (2024)Apple subsidiary Beats by Dre updated its long-time portable speaker, the Beats Pill, after retiring it in 2021. The result was, in AppleInsider’s review, a speaker pairing great audio with long battery life and stereo capabilities.Speaking in an interview with Wallpaper, Apple VP Oliver Schusser went into some of the changes of the Beats Pill, as well as how Apple is continuing to push forward in the music field. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Leaked documents claim that Cellebrite software used by law enforcement agencies cannot unlock any more recent models than 2018’s iPhone XR if they’ve been updated to iOS 17.4.A Cellebrite deviceCellebrite has always gone to great lengths to keep secret how it can unlock iPhones, and specifically asks its law enforcement customers not to divulge the information. However, while its methods and tools have not been disclosed, an April 2024 document listing which iPhones it can unlock has been leaked.According to 404 Media, two documents were obtained from a Cellebrite customer and sent anonymously to the publication, with one covering iPhones, one for Android. The documents include a matrix listing all phone types, ranges of iOS updates, and how they can be unlocked. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Every possible Apple device — for the first time including the Apple Vision Pro — is shown off in the latest of Apple’s funny and tense “Underdogs” videos.Actor and comedian Mia Schauffler stars in a new “Underdogs” ad for AppleBack in 2019, “The Underdogs” was a seemingly one-off ad showing a group of office colleagues. Since then, it’s become a whole series of adventures — although after five years, Apple still isn’t crediting who writes, directs, or stars in any of it.In the style of 2023’s episode, the new edition is a ten-minute comedy thriller called “The Underdogs: OOO (Out of Office).” Having left their corporate office jobs to start a company in 2022’s video, the team is now trying to secure an order for their packaging business. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Amber Neely) Apple has refuted using unethically obtained data to train Apple Intelligence — but it has acknowledged its use for another project.Apple IntelligenceOn Tuesday, it was learned that an AI research lab called EleutherAI had harvested subtitles from YouTube videos without express permission from the creators. It also gathered data from Wikipedia, the English Parliament, and Enron staff emails. The data was then added to a dataset called “the Pile.”EleutherAI notes that its goal was to lower the barrier to AI development for those outside Big Tech. However, companies such as Nvidia, Salesforce, and Apple have all used the Pile to train various AI projects. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Christine McKee) Save $300 on the 5K Apple Studio Display at Amazon, with prices dropping to as low as $1,299.99 on the final day of Prime Day.Save $300 on the Apple Studio Display.The $1,299.99 sale price at Amazon reflects a $300 markdown on the standard glass Apple Studio Display with a tilt-adjustable stand.Buy from $1,299.99 Continue Reading on AppleInsider
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) TinyPod is a revival of the iPod, an enclosure that turns the Apple Watch into a compact version of the portable music device.The TinyPodApple officially discontinued the iPod in May 2022 after over two decades of availability. In one new accessory that’s bound to appeal to users who miss the iPod, the TinyPod attempts to offer a more advanced version of the device that takes advantage of the Apple Watch.The TinyPod is an enclosure for the wrist-worn device, which turns the Apple Watch into the display of an iPod. It’s a design that’s more reminiscent of the iPod than an exact replica, with rounded corners and a simplified design compared to the original. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
